MS Deutschland towed to Bergen

MV Deutschland in Eidfjord, Norway when fire started on May 23, in the Cruise ship with 607 passengers and crew members.

The fire was located in the engine room which started at 12:30 pm.

Firemen, Ambulance, Policemen and Helicopters arrived to stop the fire and help the passengers inside the cruise ship.

The firemen were able to stop the fire after 5 hours.

Here are the passengers. Two of them are Dietrich Brindöpke in MV Deutschland on Norway tour with his wife. They have been in the beautiful Geiranger, Flåm, and Eidfjord. And the next port would be home in Hamburg, he said.

MV Deutschland which was damaged by fire in the engine room on Sunday, 23rd May at 12:31 pm, was towed to Bergen on Monday. The 607 passengers and crew members were sent by plane to Germany on Monday, 24th May. This 175 meter long ship is towed from Eidfjord by the help of 2 boats, and is expected to take around 20 hours to Bergen, western part of Norway.

The Norwegian Policemen are going to conduct technical inspections and try to find out why the fire occurred.

- the masoria papers

A long traffic on the way home

Many people who went out of the cities on Friday to celebrate Pentecost, are supposed to travel back home today, May 24. Traffic and queue in Østfold, Vestfold between Kragerø and Porsgrunn, and between Larvik and Sandefjord, and Telemark. This queue will increase towards Oslo. It looks like this right now.

But it is good to have a helping hand. A small dog Hope, get a free ride from a turtle Carl, both from USA.

Have a nice trip home.

- the masoria papers

Why do we celebrate the Pentecost?

It is holiday in Norway from May 22-24, because of the Pentecost. Not all knew what it is and why it is almost forgotten by many.

Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks or 50 days after Easter Sunday. It falls on the tenth day after the Ascencion Day. It was when the Holy Spirit showed in a form of a bright light and was given to all people, according to the true believers. When JESUS was baptized by John, the spirit of GOD came down as a white dove. It is as church´s birthday, as the beginning of the Christian church.

Vi feirer Pinse fordi det var den dagen da Den hellige Ånd ble gitt til alle mennesker. Dette skjedde 50 dager etter Jesus ble korsfestet. Pinse(pentecoste) betyr den femtiende dagen (greek: pentecóste hemera), og feires femti dager etter påske. På pinsedagen i Jerusalem fikk apostlene Den Hellige Ånd, synliggjort gjennom ildtunger. Den Hellige Ånd er symbolisert ved duen eller ved ild eller sterkt lys.

Da Jesus ble døpt av Johannes, kom GUD´s Ånd nedover JESUS som en due (Matt 3:16). Derfor er dåp på en spesiell måte blitt knyttet til pinsen. Vi regner ofte pinsen som kirkens

fødselsdag, og da tenker vi ikke på kirkebygningen, men på starten på den kristne menighet.

Pagpalain kayo ng banal na espiritu. Magandang araw at pagdiriwang sa inyo.

- the masoria papers

The youngest sailor Jessica Watson

Thousands of people had gathered in Sydney to celebrate a record voyage to 16-year-old Jessica Watson. On May 15, 2010 after 210 days at sea, 16-year-old sailed into the port area outside Sydney. She was greeted by hundreds of small boats and a jubilant crowd. As she crossed the finish line was Jessica Watson the youngest ever to have completed a worldwide sailing on her own without stop and without help. Interest in the country has been enormous and the race were shown on Australian television. She smiled and waved to the audience from the deck of 34 feet tall ship. She arrived on land after 7 months right to the famous Opera House in Sydney, where she was met by Australia´s Prime Minister Kevin Ruud. He called her "Australia´s newest hero". -You made the nation proud. You are a hero for young Australians and Australian women, said Kevin Ruud.

Seeing the family was strong for 16-year-old, who wept and smiled to each other. The team around the Australian girl says, she sailed almost a total of 23,000 nautical miles. She wrote blog frequently on her journey, and is scheduled to come out with a book soon.

I am completely everwhelmed. I´m just an ordinary girl who had a dream, said Jessica.

I´m impressed. A good role model for young and old. Congratulations from my loved ones in four continents. Mabuhay. Godt jobba.

- the masoria papers

Volcano ashes creates a huge problem

A huge and thick ash rising into the air after volcanic eruption under Eyjafjallajøkull in Iceland on April 15, 2010 and continue to spew day after day.

All air-traffic in Norway were stopped since Thursday 15th April, due to the volcano of Iceland which erupted and spew enormous ashes that is spreading in the neighboring countries. All aircrafts are on the ground and losing millions of money each day, and so is http://www.hurtigruten.no/ because tourists from Europe like Germany & from other continents couldn´t fly. Passengers are stranded.

Around 120,000 passengers in Oslo Gardermoen are affected on Thursday alone, hundreds of thousands of tourists and commuters daily are stranded. And all airports in Norway are close. Goodluck and happy trip.

A mother and child are going to travel but no planes in Stansted Airport are leaving, so all the passengers and employees have to leave.

All flights in Norway are cancelled since Thursday, April 15. And not sure how long this misery will last.

All fights in Norway, London, Scotland and later in other European countries are cancelled due to the ashes from the volcano which is spreading out.

This lady is waiting in Rome. Flights between Europe and USA are also cancelled.

Extra day and night-trains in Norway are in place in all cities. And more buses too for the tourists.

Still no sign for air-travel in Scandinavia since Thursday April 15, and days after in many European countries. Hotels, trains and ferries in Norway are fully booked.

A risk for big disaster in Iceland according to a local professional. A giant volcano called Katla could explode.

Icelandic volcano sprews more ash overnight, creates a huge problem in & out of Iceland, worsening flight problems, travel chaos worldwide.

- the masoria papers

The last days on winter games in Canada

Norway´s king of skiing and flag bearer Petter Northug received his gold medal at the closing ceremony in BC Place in Whistler Vancouver in front of 60,000 audience.

Petter Northug from Norway with gold medal in the middle, German Axel Teichmann(left) got a silver, and a bronze to Swedish(right).

Heia heia Petter! Bra!

Petter Northug of Norway won gold medal in the 50 kilometers cross country. While Axel Teichmann from Germany got silver.

Petter Northug received a royal reception when he arrived at Værnes Airport with his 4 medals, 2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze. His father is happy and proud as well as the crowd who waited to congratulate the king of skiing.

Norwegian Kristin S. Steira 4th place and Polish Kowalczyk 3rd place with a small margin between.

Marit Bjørgen showing her 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, she won in the winter olympic in Vancouver on February. The Americans are also impressed.

Svindal from Norway won in 5 events: giant slalom, speed trap, skicross, a paralelle, a fun track.

Aksel L. Svindal won gold, silver and bronze in 2010 winter olympic in Vancouver. Well done Aksel!

Thumbs up for olympic finals. The Norwegian curling team with their leader Thomas Ulsrud in front of the camera man.The curling team celebrated the silver medals in full clown costume on the finals Feb. 28, 2010. Canada won the gold.

Biathlon guys with Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Ole, Emil, Tarjei and Halvard from Norway won first place.

A very happy moment for this great team and at the same time sad because Halvard Hanevold´s last winter olympic.

Halvard Hanevold, Emil H. Svendsen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Tarjei Bø celebrating the gold medal they won as a team, with good champagne.

The other two Norwegians who won gold medals, also on olympic biathlon are Tora Berger and Emil H. Svendsen.

Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen finally smile when he won a gold medal with his team and he secured a silver medal in relay in Vancouver winter olympics. Ole Einar Bjørndalen is the king of biathlon. He used to win more than two medals in a season when in good condition.

Norwegian Halvard Hanevold runs for his last olympic biathlon race this year. He won a gold medal together with his team. We are going to miss this athlete and good guy Halvard Hanevold.

Olympic Winter Games Medals: None of the 1014 medals are made quite the same.

Country ----------------------Gold----Silver----Bronze----Total

1. United States .......................9 ...........15 ............13 ............37

2. Germany ............................10 ..........13 ..............7 ............30

3. Canada ...............................14 ............7 ..............5 ............26

4. Norway ...............................9 .............8 ..............6 ............23

5. Austria ................................4 .............6 .............6 .............16

6. Russian Federation ..............3 .............5 .............7 ............15

7. Korea ..................................6 .............6 .............2 .............14

8. China ...................................5 .............2 .............4 .............11

9. Sweden ................................5 .............2 .............4 .............11

10. France ..............................2 ..............3 .............6 .............11

11. Switzerland ........................6 .............0 .............3 ..............9

12. Netherlands ......................4 ..............1 .............3 ..............8

13. Czech Republic ..................2 ..............0 ............4 ..............6

14. Poland ...............................1 ..............3 ............2 ...............6

15. Italy ..................................1 ..............1 .............3 ..............5

16. Japan .................................0 .............3 .............2 ..............5

17. Finland ..............................0 ..............1 ............4 ..............5

18. Australia ............................2 ..............1 ............0 ..............3

19. Belarus ...............................1 ..............1 .............1 ..............3

20. Slovakia .............................1 ..............1 .............1 ..............3

21. Croatia ...............................0 ..............2 .............1 .............3

22. Slovenia .............................0 ..............2 .............1 .............3

23. Latvia ................................0 ..............2 .............0 .............2

24. Great Britain ......................1 ..............0 ..............0 ............1

25. Estonia ..............................0 ..............1 ..............0 ............1

26. Kazakhstan ........................0 ..............1 ..............0 ............1


Ski jumping _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Snowboard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Speedskating

Nordic combined _ _ _ Short track speed skating _ _ _ Skeleton

Freestyle skiing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ice hockey _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Luge

Cross-country _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Curling _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Figure skating

Alpine skiing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Biathlon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bobsleigh

Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette cried after performing due to the sudden death of her mother.

Canadian Joannie Rochette(right) who suddenly lost her mother and Slovenian Petra Majdic(left) who suffered broken ribs while training, received Inspirations Award. Both of them showed tremendous courage competing during the olympics in Vancouver this year.

A woman from the UK could finally laugh at the cold bob tour.

Tooth broke when David Møller bite the silver. To the right was gold winner Felix Loch. The medals are the heaviest in olympic games history, weighs 500 to 576 grams.

Norwegian Magnus Moan in ski-jump combined track was frustrated when American competitors won double places.

- the masoria papers